RD Instruments WorkHorse Sentinel - Recover the Data

WorkHorse Sentinel User's Guide
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11.5 Recover the Data
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Figure 18. Recover the Data
Data are recorded internally on flash memory PC Cards that can be re-
moved and plugged into many PC computers (especially laptops) and read
the same as from any hard drive. If your computer is able to read the
WorkHorse’s flash card, recovering the data is as simple as copying from
one disk to another.
However, be aware that because each computer uses different PC Card
drivers, installing PC Card drivers on a laptop is not necessarily easy. If
you cannot read the memory cards in your computer, use WinSC to read the
data through the WorkHorse’s serial port. RDI can supply or recommend
laptops that can read our PC Card flash cards. Remove the flash cards by
pushing a button on one side of the PC Card (see Figure 5, page 8). PC
cards are installed with the label side toward the face of the transducer.
WinSC reads data files from the WorkHorse PC Card recorder via the serial
port and saves the data to the computer’s hard disk. It uses the Work-
Horse’s current Deployment Name to create a new directory for the data on
the computer’s hard drive. You can specify a different destination directory
when you run WinSC. When WinSC is finished, you will find on your PC
all the same files that are on your WorkHorse, and in the exact same format.
WinSC transfers all data files even if you have recorded more than one de-
ployment. WinSC transfers data using an error-correcting protocol
(YMODEM), so you can be confident about the integrity of the data files.